Machesney Park man advertising on Craigslist robbed

MACHESNEY PARK - A Craigslist notice of a computer for sale may have drawn two men Monday to a Liberty Boulevard residence in Machesney Park where they robbed a 28-year-old man at gunpoint and battered him, Winnebago County Sheriff’s Police said.

MACHESNEY PARK - A Craigslist notice of a computer for sale may have drawn two men Monday to a Liberty Boulevard residence in Machesney Park where they robbed a 28-year-old man at gunpoint and battered him, Winnebago County Sheriff’s Police said.

Detectives about 6:30 a.m. today arrested Quinton L. Horton, 23 of Rockford on charges of armed robbery after obtaining an arrest warrant. Police continue to search for a second assailant.

Horton was taken into custody at a residence in the 1800 block of Alpine Road in Rockford.

Although Horton was spotted inside the residence, he refused to open the door for police who then forced it open, Winnebago County Deputy Chief Dominic Iasparro said in a news release.

The investigation concerning the second suspect is on-going. Anyone with information on this suspect is asked to call the Sheriff’s Department 815-319-6400 or Crime Stoppers 815-963-7867.